Extra northern metro meeting on demersal catch allocations Thursday 12th
Submitted by bod on Thu, 2010-08-12 14:36
The Integrated Fisheries Allocation Advisory Committee (IFAAC) has developed recommendations on sharing these valuable community resources.
Due to public demand, Recfishwest is chairing an extra meeting to provide feedback to the independent advisory committee on its draft allocation report.
This week’s public meeting will be held at the Department of Fisheries complex at 39 Northside Drive Hillarys from 6.30pm to 8.30pm on Thursday (12 August 2010).
The issues are complex and interested parties are urged to attend the meeting. There will be time for questions to be answered.
WA’s West Coast Bioregion extends from north of Kalbarri to east of Augusta and there are about 200 species, including some of the State’s most iconic finfish, which are subject to a range of management rules to ensure sustainability of the stocks.
Meetings have already been held in the metropolitan area and regional centres in the bioregion to discuss how IFAAC has proposed to allocate species, such as dhufish, pink snapper and baldchin groper, between the commercial and recreational fishing sectors.
The WA Fishing Industry Council has the task of conducting separate meetings for the commercial sector, to seek their input on the proposed allocation.
IFAAC has proposed two-thirds of the resource be allocated to the commercial sector and one third to recreational fishers.
There are additional recommendations to ensure the dhufish take does not increase beyond historical proportions for the sectors.
The committee is inviting interested parties to take the opportunity to lodge formal responses by 30 September 2010.
Copies of the consultation paper (Integrated Fisheries Management Draft Allocation Report – West Coast Demersal Scalefish – FMP 237) will be available at Thursday's meeting, or it can be downloaded from Fisheries’ website at www.fish.wa.gov.au. Look for the Integrated Fisheries Management tab on the home page menu.
Recreational fishers in Perth’s northern suburbs will have a chance to be briefed and provide feedback, on catch share allocations for West Coast demersal scalefish, at an additional metropolitan meeting this Thursday.
The Integrated Fisheries Allocation Advisory Committee (IFAAC) has developed recommendations on sharing these valuable community resources.
Due to public demand, Recfishwest is chairing an extra meeting to provide feedback to the independent advisory committee on its draft allocation report.
This week’s public meeting will be held at the Department of Fisheries complex at 39 Northside Drive Hillarys from 6.30pm to 8.30pm on Thursday (12 August 2010).
The issues are complex and interested parties are urged to attend the meeting. There will be time for questions to be answered.
WA’s West Coast Bioregion extends from north of Kalbarri to east of Augusta and there are about 200 species, including some of the State’s most iconic finfish, which are subject to a range of management rules to ensure sustainability of the stocks.
Meetings have already been held in the metropolitan area and regional centres in the bioregion to discuss how IFAAC has proposed to allocate species, such as dhufish, pink snapper and baldchin groper, between the commercial and recreational fishing sectors.
The WA Fishing Industry Council has the task of conducting separate meetings for the commercial sector, to seek their input on the proposed allocation.
IFAAC has proposed two-thirds of the resource be allocated to the commercial sector and one third to recreational fishers.
There are additional recommendations to ensure the dhufish take does not increase beyond historical proportions for the sectors.
The committee is inviting interested parties to take the opportunity to lodge formal responses by 30 September 2010.
Copies of the consultation paper (Integrated Fisheries Management Draft Allocation Report – West Coast Demersal Scalefish – FMP 237) will be available at Thursday's meeting, or it can be downloaded from Fisheries’ website at www.fish.wa.gov.au. Look for the Integrated Fisheries Management tab on the home page menu.
Department of Fisheries Media Release August 10th 2010
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